CV

1.    Personal Details

Hartikainen Kaisa             ORCID Researcher ID  0000-0001-7278-9635

2.    Degrees

Neurologist                        University of Tampere, Finland, 5.7.2011    

Title of Docent                   Experimental Neurology, Tampere University, Finland, 10.3.2011

Ph.D.                                  University of Tampere, Finland, 22.8.1996  

Medical Doctor (M.D.)     University of Tampere, School of Medicine, Finland, 20.6.1996

3.    Other Education and Expertise

Competence for a full professor position in neurology, memory disorders and physiology

Evaluations for a position of a full professor:

Competence as a full Professor of Physiology, University of Tampere, Finland 2013

1st ranking candidate, evaluated by one of the international expert reviewers from Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Competence as a full Professor of Neurology, University of Tampere, Finland 2016

1st ranking candidate, evaluated by the international expert reviewer from Munich Center for Neuroscience – Brain and Mind, Germany

­1st ranking candidate, evaluated by the international expert reviewer from UCL, Institute of Neurology, United Kingdom 

Competence as a full Professor of Memory Disorders, University of Tampere, Finland 2018

1st ranking candidate, evaluated by the international expert reviewer from the University of Dublin, Ireland

1st ranking candidate, evaluated by the international expert reviewer from the University of Oxford

2nd ranking candidate, evaluated by the international expert reviewer from University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Competence as a full Professor of Neurology, Oulu University, Finland 2022

1st ranking candidate, evaluated by the international expert reviewer from Uppsala University, Sweden

1st ranking candidate, evaluated by the international expert reviewer from Imperial College, London, UK

1st ranking candidate, evaluated by the international expert reviewer from CHU de Grenoble, France,

4.     Current Employment

2011-                   Head of Behavioral Neurology Research Group, Pirkanmaa Hospital District

2016-                   Neurologist, Lecturer, Consultant, Aivoima, Mehiläinen, Tampere

2022-                   Chief expert, National Brain Health Programme, The Finnish Brain Association

5.    Previous Work Experience

Research Experience

2017-2021           Clinician Researcher/Neurologist/Head of Behavioral Neurology Research Unit, Tampere University Hospital

2011-2016           Academy Research Fellow, Founder and Head of Behavioral Neurology Research Unit, Tampere Univ. Hospital

2005-2008           Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physiology, University of Tampere, School of Medicine

2001-2003           Assoc. Specialist, Dept. of Psychology and Helen Wills Neuroscience Inst., University of California Berkeley, USA

1998- 2001          Postdoc. Fellow, Human Neurobiology Laboratory, Dept. of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, USA

1997-1998           Postdoc. Fellow, Cognitive Neuroscience, Dept. of Neurology, University of California, Davis, USA

Clinical Experience

2018                    Neurologist, Tampere University Hospital

2011-2018           Neurologist, Attendo, Validia Lahti, Rehabilitation Center, Kankaanpää, Kokkola Central Hospital

2011-2016           Head Injury Neurologist, Dept. of Neurology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

2001, 2009-11     Neurology Resident, Dept. of Neurology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

2006-2009           Head Injury Physician/Neurology Resident, Dept. of Neurology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

2008-2009           Private Practice, Terveystalo, Tampere, Finland

2000-2001           Memory and Aging Center, Dept. of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, USA

6.    Research Funding

European Union Social Fund/ Finnish Social and Health Ministry

1.3.2020-30.8.2023 265 000€ Sustainable brain health, Behavioral Neurology Research Unit, Pirkanmaa Hospital District

Academy of Finland (Principal Investigator K.M. Hartikainen)

1.9.2017-30.08.2021    302 932€ Clinician Researcher Funding: Cognitive flexibility and emotion-attention interaction as indicators of brain health, Behavioral Neurology Research Unit,Pirkanmaa Hospital District, Tampere, Finland

 Academy of Finland (Principal Investigator K.M. Hartikainen)

1.9.2011-31.08.2016    973 975€     Academy Research Fellow Funding: Understanding, Assessing and Rehabilitating Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Dysfunction Due to Neurological Disorders, Pirkanmaa Hospital District, Tampere, Finland

Academy of Finland (Post-doctoral funding for project in USA)

1998-1999                   136 800 FIM, 1998 The Effect of Attention on Brain Rhythms University of California, Davis, Department of Neurology, 1999 Emotion Attention Interaction and Brains Oscillatory Activity, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Psychology, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute

7.    Research output

1989-2021 Authorship in 49 scientific original publications with 19 first, 4 second and 17 last authorships indicating a major role in most of the publications.

73 Research Abstracts with novel experimental research results reported in each. Poster or oral presentations in national and international conferences either by Hartikainen or students supervised by her.

8.    Research supervision and leadership

2008-2024     3 supervised PhD thesis, 3 ongoing PhD supervisions, 5 supervised master’s thesis, 15 supervised medical thesis

2012-2023     PI and Head of Behavioral Neurology Research Unit, at Tampere University Hospital

9.    Merits in Teaching and Pedagogical Competence

Evaluated Lecture

2005               Fetal Circulation and its Changes at Birth. Grade: Very Good (Assistant Professor at University of Tampere)

Lecturer/Instructor

2006-2013     Visiting Lecturer, Anatomy and Physiology, Tampere University of Technology

2006-2009     Asst. Professor, Physiology, University of Tampere, School of Medicine

2004               Instructor, Basic Neurology for Medical Students, University of California, San Diego, USA.

Planning, instructing courses, teaching evaluations, creating new learning environments

2017-2022     In charge of planning and instructing variety of intensive courses to health care professionals

2006-2007     As an Assistant Professor of Physiology in Tampere University, School of Medicine, Tampere, Finland

2007-2009     As a member of the Academic Council, University of Tampere, School of Medicine, Tampere, Finland

2012               Established new learning environment, Behavioral Neurology Research Unit, in Finland in Tampere University Hospital (http://www.uta.fi/med/en/research/behavioralneurology/index.html).

10.  Awards Prizes and Honours

2023                  Award as part (chief) of the expert group in planning the National Brain Health Programme, Finnish Brain Association

2006               Instructor of the Year, Medical Students Association (TLK), University of Tampere, School of Medicine, Finland

11.  Other Academic Merits

Monitor/Expert position

2017 -2020           EU Horizon 2020 funded project monitor/expert

Grant Reviewer

2019      Research grant reviewer, Israel Science Foundation

2016      Research grant reviewer, International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF)

2015      Research grant evaluator, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Study (FRIAS) Univ. of Freiburg and Univ. Strasbourg

PhD Opponent and PhD reviewer

2015-2022 Once PhD Opponent at University of Groningen, Netherlands, four times PhD Reviewer at University of Oulu, Medical School, at University of Helsinki, and at University of Groningen, Netherlands

Conference Reviewer/Member of Scientific Committee 

2012      International Neuropsychological Society (INS) meeting 2012/11th Nordic Meeting in Neuropsychology, Oslo, Norway

Editorial positions

Associate Editor for Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Peer-Review Journal Reviewer

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Brain and Cognition; Cognition and Emotion; Cognitive Brain Research; Experimental Brain Research; Journal of Behavioral and Brain Science; Journal of Cognitive Psychology; Neuroscience; Psychophysiology; Scandinavian Journal of Psychology; Scientific Reports

International Invited Lectures

Several invited lectures in international conferences, high-ranking universities and hospitals such as MIT, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Boston, USA, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA, Stanford University, Dept. of Psychiatry, Palo Alto, USA, University of California, Berkeley, Dept. of Psychology, Berkeley, USA, University of California, San Francisco, Dept. of Neurology, San Francisco, USA

Positions of Trust

2007-2009    Member of the Academic Council, University of Tampere, School of Medicine